This week on the BALLS podcast: Respectable opinions, losing to the Magic, late nite Jazz, Piston happy, blow up the Suns, words are hard, the rookie class, playoff distractions, OKC vs anyone, Carl Hooper's Spurs takes, a week with Bielsa, when coaches and front offices feud, Chelsea's big decision, system coaches, Boston on the block, DEY TERK ER JERBS, the return of Zion, double terrible, the Australian men's cricket coach is apparently a small child, the real winners of SL in SA, you can't lose in the quarter-finals if there are no quarter-finals *head tap gif*, '92 nostalgia and explaining Max Headroom to millennials. Hear BALLS and After Dark via Omny Studio, Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and talk back to us via Twitter, Facebook and email.